Tongue and teeth set for dolls and the like



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Filed oct. 4, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 J7 jg Z7 Z0 z 1.9. ZZ ZI PatentedJan. 21, 1930 fifi UNED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL MARCUS, OF BROOKLYN,NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARRON MANUFACTUR- ING CO., INC., OF NEW' YORK, N.Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK TONGrUE` AND 'EE-ETH SET FOB DOLLS AND THELIKE Application led (lctober 4, 1927. Serial No. 223,941.

This invention relates to a tongue and teeth set for dolls and the like,and an object of the i invention is to provide a tongue and teeth setadapted to be placed in position by :the use of a suitable tool and theset and bendable with respect to each other, and to` provide attachingtangs on said halves respectively adapted to be driven into attachingrelation with the doll head by forced spreading o-f said halves.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principlesconstituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of thisspecication7 and in which I have shown merely a preferred form ofembodiment of the invention Fig. 1 is a verticalsectional view through'a portion of a doll head showing the saine in position with respect to atool of theV type contemplated herein, a tongue and teeth set beingshown upon the tool and in position within the mouth opening of thehead.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the tongue and teethset illustrating the same as carried by the tool and in positionpreparatory to being attached within the mouth opening of the doll head.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but the set being here illustrated asin its fully attached position.

tis a front elevational `view of the tongue and teeth set forming partof this invention, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to those seen in Figs. 3 and 4respectively but illustrating a modified form of tongue and teeth setand tool co-operative therewith.

uReferring to the drawings for describing in detail the structuretherein illustrated the reference character L indicates what may beconveniently herein referred to as the back portion or base of thetongue and teethl set. This base is pressed or otherwise suitably formedto provide a central tongue protuberance or portion as G.

In some instances the tongue' portionl only may be provided but usuallyit is desirable to provide also a teeth portion as H. As shown in Figs.1 to t this teeth portion is provided by simply pressing or otherwiseforming'- up a part of the sheet metal on or adjacent to the base at oneside of the tongue portion. There may of course be any number of teethVrepresented, and they may be either above or below'the tongue portion,or both.

rlhe tongue portion, as well as the base portion may be colored on itsouter surface to correspond with the desired color for the tongue andthe interior of the mouth, for instance a red, while the teeth portion Hmay be colored appropriately to imitate the teeth, forinstance white.This coloring may be accomplished either by coloring with paint orotherwise the outer surface of the set afterthe set has been pressedinto shape, or before if preferred as by lithographing in color upon thesheet metal blank from which the set is to be formed.

As hereinabove stated it is a feature of this invention to form the setof two halves bendable with respect to each other and to this end thetongue portion is slit at its opposite sides as at 1-1, theslitextending along the sides of the tongue to a point suitably near theforward end of the tongue so as to permit the base portion L for therespective halves of the tongue to be readily movable away from eachother by a simple bending of the material of the tongue portions i i Theportion of the base L carried by one half of the tongue is provided witha pair of tangs as 2 2 thereon while the portion of the base which isconnected with the remaining half of the tongue carries a pair of tangsas 3 3, the tangs 2 2 being directed away from the tangs 3 3 and allbeing so disposed that when the tongue is spread the tangs will bedriven into the material of the head as clearly indicated by theillustrations Figs. 2 and 3.

It is here noted that a point, approximately as indicated at 4 in Figs.2 and 3, at or near the apex of the tongue portion G may be consideredas a hinge portion about which the tangs 2 and 3 pivot when moved toattaching position and that the tangs 2 and 3 are given a generaltangential direction with respectto such point, also that the interiorsurface portions of the head as at 5 and G are disposed in angularrelation to the direction of the tangs so that the tangs will readilybite into the material of the head when the halves of the set are spreadapart, the tangs thereafter serving as efficient means for permanentlyretaining the set attached in position within the dolhhead.

The tool which is designed to co-operate with the tongue and teeth setthus described corresponds in general form to the tool shown anddescribed in an application being led concurrently herewith, Serial No.223,940, filed October 4th, 1927. That is to say it includes a supportas 7 adapted to be inserted into the doll head through the neck openingof the head and having a tongue-and-teethset-carrying member 8adjustable thereon. Also a pressure lever as 9 arranged above thesupport 7 and pivotally mounted as at 1() for manually applying pressureagainstthe eX- terior surface of a doll head when it is desired to forcethe head downwardly against a tongue and teeth set carried by thecarrying member.

In the present instance the carrying member 8 is pivotally mounted as at11 upon the support 7, being adjustably held in any selected position bymeans of a set screw 12 engaging within an arcuate slot 13 of adownwardly extending portion 14 of the carrying member.`

The carrying member extends above the pivot 11 and its upper end is madeof wedge shape as at 14 adapted to engage within the under open side ofthe tongue portion G of the set, the taper of the wedge being moreobtuse than the normal taper of the tongue portion so that when the setis forced downwardly over the wedge the relatively abrupt taper of thecarrying member will cause the two halves of the tongue portion to bespread apart for thereby moving the tangs 2 2 and {l-3 into retainingengagement with the doll ead.

Obviously, the carrying member may be driven into the set instead ofdriving the set onto the carrying member, it being understood that thisis optional.

The doll head, indicated generally by the reference numeral 15, may beheld by the operator in any position to best locate the tongue and teethset within the mouth opening of the head preparatory to linal attachmentof the set within the head. lNhile in some cases the operator may bestaccomplish this result by simple observation and skill coupled with aproper setting of the set carrying member about its pivot, yet in otherinstances it 'is desirable to provide definite guide means and to thisend the adjustable rest member as 16 is illustrated as a part of thetool adapted to be engaged by a portion of the doll head forco-operating with the carrying member in deiinitelylocating the positionof the head at the time the attaching pressure is applied, it beingnoted that the rest member 16 is tapered and is longitudinally movablealong the support 7 to bring a part of greater or less thickness inposition to be engaged by the head.

In operation a tongue and teeth set is first applied upon the wedgeportion 14 of the carrying member S and the doll head placed over bothin approximately the position as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Thereuponthe head is pressed downwardly against the carrying member, or thecarrying member pressed upwardly as preferred, this pressure beingapplied either directly by the operators hands or by use of the pressurelever 9 or its equivalent as necessitymay dictate, in either case theresult being that the wedge 14 will enter relatively into the tongueportion and thereby spread the halves of the set and drive the tangsinto attaching position.

The head with the attached set may then be readily lifted away from thetool.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 the general arrangementis similar to that already described except that in this instance thetongue and teeth set has tangs as 17 and 18 which are themselvesbendable into attaching engagement with the doll head without necessityfor spreading of opposite halves of the set as in the previous figures.In order to eect proper attachment of this type of set the set-carryingmember of the tool, here indicated generally by the reference character19, includes a separately formed plunger as 2O slidably mounted within abore as 21 of the carrying member and urged outwardly therefrom by acompression spring 22 arranged within the bore. The outer end portion as23 of the plunger is shaped to conform to and tit within the hollowinterior of the tongue portion as 24 of the set for supporting the setduring the time while the doll head is being placed in positionthereover, as indicated in Fig. 5, and a guide stop as 25 is providedengaging within a longitudinal slot 26 provided in the plunger forlimiting the outward position of the plunger. rIhe engagement of thisstop within the slot 26 is intended also to hold the plunger against anyrotary movement with respect to the remainder of the carrying member.

The main body of the carrying member provides an upper surface portion27 constituting an anvil for engaging or being engaged by the `tangs tobend the tangs into attaching engagement with the doll head as indicatedin Fig. 6.

In this construction also the set includes one or more parts as 28 and29 adapted to be brought into engagement against a` cooperative part orparts of the doll head, as in Fig. 5, for defining the position of theset with respect to the head prior to the attaching movement `of theattaching tangs. At this time the set is supported solely by the movableplunger, and the subsequent movement of the tangs to attaching positionby the anvil portion 27 as in Fig. G, does not disturb the relativepositions of the set and head, this being important since it enables anoperator to accurately position the set with respect to the mouthopening of the head and to elfect attachment of the set withoutdisturbing that position.

In operating the structure disclosed in Figs. 5 and 6 a tongue and teethset is placed upon the portion 23 of the plunger, the plunger being atthis time in its elevated position as in Fig. 5. The head is slippedover the set and when the operator has satisfied himself by observationthat the head and set are in proper co-related position the necessarypressure is applied, as hereinbefore, to bring the anvil portion againstthe tangs for driving the tangs into attachment with the head, theplunger meanwhile moving relatively into the bore of the carryingmember.

. The term tongue and teeth set as herein used is merely a commercialterm generally used in reference to sets of the type here con` cernedand is here intended to comprehend any form of device arranged withinthe mouth or similar opening of a doll head.

Asmany changes could be made in this construction without departing fromthe scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims, it isintended that all matter contained in the above description, or

` shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted asillustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A tongue and teeth set for dolls, saidset formed from a single piece of bendable material shaped to provideparts movable by bending with respect to each other, and attaching meanscarried by at least one of said parts adapted to be moved into attachingposition by relative movement 2. A tongue and teeth set for dolls, saidset formed from a single piece of bendable material shaped to provideparts movable by bending with respect to each other, and an attachingtang formed upon at least one of said parts movable therewith intoattaching position.

3. A tongue and teeth set for dolls, said set comprising a base portionand a tongue-like portion, said portions being formed from a singlepiece of bendable material and being slit to provide opposite partsmovable by bending with respect to each other, and the base portion ofsaid parts respectively having attaching tangs thereon movable intoattaching position by movement of said parts.

li. As an attachment for doll heads, a tongue member formed of sheetmaterial having its central portion pressed forwardly to represent atongue, and the portion of said sheet material at the base of the tonguecontinuing outwardly therefrom and thence forwardly into a general cupshape to represent the interior of a mouth containing the tongue.

5. As an attachment for doll heads, a tongue member formed of sheetmaterial having its central portion pressed forwardly to represent atongue, and the portion of said sheet material at the base of the tonguecontinuing outwardly therefrom and thence forwardly into a general cupshape to represent the interior of a mouth containing the tongue,together with attaching means formedas an integral part of said sheetmaterial continuing from the margin thereof.

6. A tongue and teeth set for doll heads, said set comprising a basepart having a tongue portion projecting forwardly therefrom, said basepart and tongue portion being formed from a' single integral sheet ofmetal pressed forwardly at its centre to form the tongue portion, themarginal portion of the piece of metal surrounding the tongue portionand constituting the base part being bent forwardly to form a cup-shapedmouth portion containing the tongue, tangs continuing from the marginaledge of the sheet adapted to be impaled in the material of the head forfixing the set within the head, and means providing teeth in appropriaterelation to the tongue.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

SAMUEL MARCUS.

of said parts.

